WFP VAM | Food Security Analysis Ethiopia Monthly Market Watch, December 2020

Page 3-4 about Tigray market, Mekelle in particular in Table 1 on pg.4 showing pricing increase of different goods and services. ‘Food prices have continued to spike compared to the pre-crisis level. This change within a month into the crisis is predictable as essential food commodities are necessities and therefore not responsive to price. As shown in Table 1, the price of cereals has increased between 56 to 100 percent since the onset of the crisis. Fuel prices increased in multi-fold during the same period.’